Timelapse of seed planting itself! in the Seeds forum

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Xeramtheum

Mar 23, 2015 7:23 PM CST

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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

I had no idea!

http://canyouactually.com/this...

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Onewish1

Mar 24, 2015 2:54 AM CST

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Name: Allison
NJ (Zone 6a)

wow pretty neat

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luvsgrtdanes

Mar 24, 2015 6:22 AM CST

Name: Ronnie (Veronica)
Southeastern PA (Zone 6b)
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Weird but cool!

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Xeramtheum

Mar 24, 2015 6:27 AM CST

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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

Indeed! It's curious how that one bit of stem? keeps twirling in one direction or the other.

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CarolineScott

Mar 24, 2015 6:42 AM CST

Name: Caroline Scott
Calgary (Zone 4a)

Geranium seeds have a tail which, when it gets wet, acts like a drill to take the seed into the soil.

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jvdubb

Mar 24, 2015 7:44 AM CST

Name: Jennifer
48036 MI (Zone 6b)

I would love to know what period of time that actually covered. An hour? Four hours? It seems to be all in one day since the sun was always up

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Xeramtheum

Mar 24, 2015 7:59 AM CST

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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

From now on, I think I'll be surface sowing seeds with tails and let them do their thing!

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lovesblooms

Mar 24, 2015 8:04 AM CST

Name: Taqiyyah
Maryland (Zone 7a)

Wow! We're talking about a SEED here. It's not supposed to be alive. The wind is supposed to blow it or it's supposed to stick to something's fur, or it's supposed to pop off its seed head and get flung wherever. But here it's acting like--maybe like a virus or something? Half-alive? A. MAZE.D. And that reversing direction! At first I thought the tape was rewinding or something.

Good question, Jennifer. And I wish I could watch this happen with a geranium, Caroline. Do you know which types do this?

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CarolineScott

Mar 25, 2015 8:32 PM CST

Name: Caroline Scott
Calgary (Zone 4a)

Usually the "tail " has been removed from seeds.
It should be left on.
Some pelargoniums from other gardeners will still have the "tail".

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Xeramtheum

Mar 25, 2015 8:37 PM CST

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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

I always thought the tails you see on some seeds had something to do with dispersal - being wind blown and all that .. Now I know better!

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